Armed police, fighting players and Warne's reaction to Millers draw

[Paul_Davis_(Millers_]

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[millertop]

Did they have a tip off or something with the armed police? I hope they had rubber bullets.

Actually enjoyed the game for a change, how we didn't win I'll never know.

Birmingham are a mess, I'll be surprised if he's still manager next season. Get down with us.

[rolymiller]

Thought they had been promoted the way their fans and players celebrated their goal. What would they have dome if yates had got the winner?

[millertop]

Thought they had been promoted the way their fans and players celebrated their goal. What would they have dome if yates had got the winner?

It would have kicked off, some of their fans were already having a go at each other

[Muchthemillersson]

Did they have a tip off or something with the armed police? I hope they had rubber bullets.

Actually enjoyed the game for a change, how we didn't win I'll never know.

Birmingham are a mess, I'll be surprised if he's still manager next season. Get down with us.

It didn't look like rubber bullets. I saw two of them at the top end of Main Street before the game. I could see they had revolvers in a holster and something that looked like a baton on the other leg. As I walked past them I saw their eyes focus but it was only Birmingham supporters walking to the ground carrying nicked pint glasses with ale in them. They were made to put their ill gotten glasses down and allowed to continue. These two coppers had bigger fish to fry than petty theft.

After the game the police had placed two police transit vans across the entrance to Main Street obviously to prevent a stolen truck driving down Main Street into all the fans walking away from NYS. The two policemen now had black machine guns in their hands which were almost indetectable against their black uniforms. It seemed to me that if a truck forced its way past the transit vans the driver wouldn't have got much further.

Perhaps I've read too many of Frederick Forsyth's novels, but if I judged it right I 'm pleased that there was so much inconspicuous security in place that allowed us to watch the match safely with no inconvenience.

[millmoormagic]

It didn't look like rubber bullets. I saw two of them at the top end of Main Street before the game. I could see they had revolvers in a holster and something that looked like a baton on the other leg. As I walked past them I saw their eyes focus but it was only Birmingham supporters walking to the ground carrying nicked pint glasses with ale in them. They were made to put their ill gotten glasses down and allowed to continue. These two coppers had bigger fish to fry than petty theft.

After the game the police had placed two police transit vans across the entrance to Main Street obviously to prevent a stolen truck driving down Main Street into all the fans walking away from NYS. The two policemen now had black machine guns in their hands which were almost indetectable against their black uniforms. It seemed to me that if a truck forced its way past the transit vans the driver wouldn't have got much further.

Perhaps I've read too many of Frederick Forsyth's novels, but if I judged it right I 'm pleased that there was so much inconspicuous security in place that allowed us to watch the match safely with no inconvenience.

It's good to be cautious obviously but i do think you've overthought that, but who knows in this day and age eh? Certainly brings it home to you when, in Rotherham, there's coppers with machine guns on the hip, with trigger fingers outstretched also....

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

There was no tip off or anything, it was just because of recent events. To reassure the public and send out a message etc..

[millmoormagic]

There was no tip off or anything, it was just because of recent events. To reassure the public and send out a message etc..

Call me a cynic Amanda, but i don't see that having armed coppers on Rotherham streets on a matchday as reassuring to be honest, i know what they said, but i don't believe it...

[kempo]

I saw the armed police and I saw the barricaded roads after the game.

I would conclude that GCHQ has picked up a bit of 'chatter' from Birmingham.

[mikemiller]

No, I think that that this was routine for all league grounds today